NYMPHiEACE^. 



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quite entire, haMess. Follicles 5, downy, re- 

 ciu-ved. Stigma stort, crested, p. 5, 6. 

 Jlochj. w. Fr. (?) Salzb. Bassano. Tiisc. Sic. 

 Calab. 



2. officinalis. L. temate. Leaflets une- 

 qually divided. Segments ovato-lanceolate. 

 Follicles dowTiy, nearly straight, p. 4-6. 

 Mountain woods. Dauph. Pyr. It. Alps. 

 Apenn. 



3. Stussi. L. t\vice-ternate. Lts. broadly 

 ovate, entire, downy beneath.. Follicles 



hairy, recurved. Stigma long, linear, p. 4, 5 . 

 Mountain thickets. Cors. Sic. 



4. peregrina. L. twice-ternate. Lts. 2- 

 3 -partite. S(!gments laciniate and entire, 

 whitish beneath. Follicles 2-3, tomentosc, 

 straight, p. 5, 6. Shade, s. e. of Alps. 

 rare. PoUino and Gargano in K. Nap. 



3. paradoxa. Lts. midtipartite, obtuse. 

 FoUicles tomentose, straight, p. Oj)e7i 

 hills. 3. Fr. 'Very rare. Adr. G. Cam. 

 Mte. Generoso. Thun. 



II. BERBEEIDEiE. 



Anthers 4-6, opposite Pet. Germ. 1 -celled. Seeds attached to the bottom. 



23. BERBERIS. 



1. vulgaris. Stem erect. Leaf simple, 

 obovate, ciliato-serrate. Raceme many- 

 flowered, stalked, pendulous. Spines tripar- 

 tite, shorter than L. E. 5-6. Hedges and 

 thickets. 



2. setnensis. Stem decumbent. Leaf 

 simple, obovate, serrato-spinulose. Rac. few- 

 flowered, nearly sessile, pendulous. Spines 

 thick, tripartite, exceeding L. S. 6, 7. High. 

 ^tna. Nebrodes. Cors. 



23. LEONTICE. 

 1. lieontopetalum. L. twiee-temate. 

 Lts. oblong, obtuse, somewhat mucronate. 

 Bracts leafy, many times shorter than the 

 flower-stalk, p. Fields; said by Persoon 

 to grow in Tuscany and Apulia, but it is not 

 noticed by Savi, Tenore, or Bertoloni. 



24. EPIMEDLUM. 

 1. alpinum. No root L. Stem L. twice 

 ternate. Leaflets cordato-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, dentato-cUiate. p. 5. Mountain 

 thickets, s. Tyr. u. It. Camiola. 



III. NYMPH^ACE^. 



Sepals passing into Petals and then into Stamens, aU inserted on a fleshy mass, more or less 

 surrounding the Ovaines. Frait many-celled. Seeds attached to the spongy Dissepiments. 

 Aquatic plants with floating L. 



25. NYMPH JIA. 



1. alba. Germen clothed to the top with 

 the Fil. Rays of Stigma about 16. Sinus of L. 

 with sides nearly straight, p. 7- Still water. 



2. biradiata. Gei-men clothed with Fil. 

 to the top. Stigma with a bloody central 

 spot, running out into three teeth to each ray. 

 Rays 5-10. Sinus of L. with curved sides, 

 spreading outwardly, p. 7, 8. Still water. 

 Triebener See in Styria. ZeUer See in Salzb. 



Only about one-thii'd of 

 Rays of Stigma 8. L. cor- 



3. Candida. 



Germen covered. 

 date. Sinus -with cm'ved sides, spreading out- 

 wardly, p. 8. Stagnant. Bohemia. 



26. NUPHAR. 



1. lutewnx. Stigma flat. Rays 16-20, not 

 reaching to the entii'e margin. Anthers oblongo- 

 linear. p. 6-8. Stillwater. 



2. punailum. Stigma at last hemispheri- 

 cal. Rays about 10, excui-rent into a toothed 

 margin. Anthers hardly half as long again' as 

 wide. p. 6, 7. Still water. Sc, 

 Sahb. Zm-. Lower Sax. 



Vosges. 



3. spennerianum. Stigma at last hemi- 

 spherical. Rays about 10, excuiTent into 

 a toothed mai'gin. Anthers linear-oblong, 

 fom' times width, p. 6-8. Still vjater. 

 Feldsee iii Black Forest. Vosges. 



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